The purpose of the Shawano County web site is to provide citizens, businesses and visitors a wide range of information about the County. As part of this public purpose, the web site includes links to outside web sites compatible with this goal. The County has no control over the format, content, or accuracy of any information found on any web site not a part of County's web site (specifically, any site not a part of the domain "co.shawano.wi.us"). The County is not responsible for, does not endorse, and cannot assure the accuracy of information on outside web sites.

The following criteria will be used in considering requests for links from the County of Shawano web site. If a particular request is not granted, the requester may ask the Common Council to decide whether to approve the request. The Council will review the merits of the requested link, keeping in mind the following criteria, to determine whether it serves the overall purpose of the Shawano's web site.

The Shawano reserves the right to determine how and where external links will appear on its web site; i.e. what page the link appears on and where the link is placed on the page.

The Shawano's web site may provide links to web sites for:

Governmental and educational institutions

Organizations funded or created by the County of Shawano

Nonprofit neighborhood associations within the County of Shawano

Non-partisan web sites that encourage the informed and active participation of Shawano County residents in government

Organizations providing the public with information or access to the arts, humanities, culture or education

Nonprofit organizations providing employment, health and other services to Shawano County residents